December 18, 2003
WHAT WERE THE ODDS IT WOULD BE A DISASTER?:
The sad bicentennial of a once fabulous sugar colony: The opposition is trying yet again to get rid of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in a long-misgoverned country (The Economist, Dec 18th 2003)
ON JANUARY 1st 1804, Haiti became the world's first independent black republic, after a successful 12-year revolt by slaves, inspired by Jacobin principles...
Do you really even need to read any further? Posted by Orrin Judd at December 18, 2003 3:06 PM
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Let's see - Jacobins, a small island, 12 years - no, we don't need to read any more.
Aren't they still fighting?
Posted by: ratbert at December 18, 2003 3:27 PMIf "fabulous" means "a whole lot worse than Saddam Hussein," you're on track. Otherwise . . .
Posted by: Harry Eagar at December 18, 2003 7:51 PM
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